sandshoe crusher
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The term refers to the ball crushing the foot of the batsman, if not played with their bat. Sandshoe is not literal though: batsmen wear sturdy boots, not sandshoes, when batting.
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Noun[edit]
sandshoe crusher (plural sandshoe crushers)
- (cricket) A yorker bowled at the batsman's feet.
- 2002, “Cricket in the 70s”, in ABC TV[1], archived from the original on 10 December 2003:
- Tony Greig was Australia's main stumbling block to victory. 'Thommo' worked out a solution to the problem, dismissing Greig in the 2nd innings with his famous 'sandshoe crusher'!